Sec. 597. Transfer of functions to Department of Health and Human Services, and savings provisions
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For purposes of this subsection, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context— the terms Disability Employment Services and Supports Administration , function , and Rehabilitation Services Administration have the meanings given the terms in section 596; and the term Independent Living Administration means the Independent Living Administration of the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services. There are transferred to the Independent Living Administration, all functions which the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration exercised before the effective date of this section (including all related functions of any officer or employee of that Administration) under title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796 et seq.).
If necessary, the Office of Management and Budget shall make any determination of the functions that are transferred under paragraph (2). Except as provided in subparagraph (B), subsections
(d)through
(o)of section 596— shall apply to the Rehabilitation Services Administration; and shall apply to the Independent Living Administration and the Director of that Administration in the same manner and to the same extent as those subsections apply to the Disability Employment Services and Supports Administration and the Commissioner of that Administration. For purposes of applying those subsections under subparagraph (A), references in those subsections to a transfer shall be considered to refer to a transfer under paragraph
(2)or a corresponding provision of this subsection. Until the date on which the Director of the Independent Living Administration takes office, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may exercise any authority of that Administration. For purposes of this subsection, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context— the terms Disability Employment Services and Supports Administration , function , and Rehabilitation Services Administration have the meanings given the terms in section 596; the term NIDILRR means the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research of the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services; and the term NIDRR means the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the Department of Education. There are transferred to the NIDILRR, all functions which the Director of the NIDRR exercised before the effective date of this section (including all related functions of any officer or employee of the NIDRR). If necessary, the Office of Management and Budget shall make any determination of the functions that are transferred under paragraph (2). Except as provided in subparagraph (B), subsections
(d)through
(o)of section 596— shall apply to the NIDRR and the Director of the NIDRR in the same manner and to the same extent as those subsections apply to the Rehabilitation Services Administration and the Commissioner of that Administration; and shall apply to the NIDILRR and the Director of the NIDILRR in the same manner and to the same extent as those subsections apply to the Disability Employment Services and Supports Administration and the Commissioner of that Administration. For purposes of applying those subsections under subparagraph (A), references in those subsections to a transfer shall be considered to refer to a transfer under paragraph
(2)or a corresponding provision of this subsection.
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Sec. 597
Transfer of functions to Department of Health and Human Services, and savings provisions
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